Butter dispenser and cutter



y 1930- T. KASKOURAS 5 BUTTER DISPENSER AND CUTTER Filed Sept. 16, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 13, 1930. T. KAs KouRAs K 1,758,257

BUTTER DISPENSER A ND CUTTER Filed Sept. 16. 1922 2 Sheds-Sheet 2 Patented May 13 1930 a Qxmonlis nn sxoniu s; on onreneo IL I oIs BUTTER mer -mag ANfifC ITTER Y j Application filed-Se te b r1&51922;se ial-no ssaesaj 51 r intention relates to dispensing Ina ehines and particularly to that type which j designed to dispense small portions of butter such as are usually served tofguests inhotels 6 and customers in restaurants; and other e places where foodie served;

The invention has among itswarious' obs 1-eets the .PI'OWISlOIl of a constructlonwh-rch W111 reeeive "or accommodate a relatively 10 large piece of hutteri n the form ofa brick the mechanism being-operable to divide the brick and sever a piece of'the; butter so divided from the remainder 01: the. brick;

It is one of the prime obj'eets of. the in-j vention to provide a 'constrtrctiorr 'WhIGh s Capable of serving a pleOi hutter 'firom the V brick and which is also"constructedso-that the" severed piece will beidepositedinpon a dish in which it is served towthe guest;

.Itis afn-rther objectof theiniventiorn-to provide a machine of the "character above 116-" ferred to with a hopperoricontai nei' in which;

these dishes: are confined and to provide a mechanism whereby said dishes are sncces-r sivelry ted: -tr:om the? hopper and positioned to receive thebutter as it is ontfand-*severedi tro ni the briekr V i I it is alfeatnre'ot thei-inwention te pro vide a'constructionwhereby :dis'h'es'of Va:-v

rious shapes a11d*sizes-*maytbe successively fed from the hopper -'and arrain'ged'ln a" position' to receive the butter as it'is out from the mass. v V 7 It is an additional Ohject f the in ven tain'er' for'the dishes and the-point at the butter is placed upon the dishes;

utilize this oonveyorto'; control the? discharge of; the dishes from; the hopper and-thereby prevent the accidental-discharged the dishes therefrom. l V i In addition to theabove-enumerated ob- F ject, it is also anobject to provide ameans for extracting afilled dish from the"eon-- veyor so that it wi-llhe readily 'aecessi'b1e to the person whoseduty it is to serve it.

M 7 It is a furtherobject etEthe' inventiontto" provide a niechan'ism for a plying pressure tion to employ what"mightbeatermed a} con] veyor" operablebetween the hopper or confit a further object of the invention to npon each; actuation of the rnecha-nisinto the I mass "of hutter contained-in the machine iso that; it will be continuously fed? to the sewering-and euttingimechanism.

viding: and: cutting. mechanism ahoi/fereferred to so that .a portion of the butter so: divided,- and out will vbe severed and tits delivery-to the plate arranged below the dividing mechanisminsirrect. 4

:It is one of the fundamental objects of the invention "to: provide construction whereby eix'therii'one or agplura-lity of pieces of. butter maybe plated up'omai givendish should this itiisan' added object iofthe i nvention to associate severing mechanism With the diat anytime me-found. necessary or desirable.

- In tl iel'particu'lar strnrcture illustrated in the drawings, a metastable element is: em-

ployed, which is arranged below the hopper for the dishes 1 and below it the container "for;

the butter. This rotatable dementia-pro"- vid edwithva 'pi nrality, of :dish receiving elements Whiehtare successively moved from a position adj acent the hopper in which the dishes are' confined to a position; below" the container; for ithej butter and .s'uhseqnemitly moved tro n thepositionhelowi the last. men-'- 'tioned container to a position at which the dish setfi l led inay he extracted from'th'eimachine.

11 niiin echanismais einployerlito fextraict a dish from the. eonveyorwhen thell atter is moved both-is last -n ained position: As 'lever and rotatable eenmeyoir toi'actu ateiit and.therelzxy cause"thefdishcreceiving portions of theoen vegor tebe arrahgedi in -cooperative relation-s tOf/he hopper 'for the dishes and the contai ner in 'whioh therbutteri is oohfined 7 This l'ei er mechanism includes :a segmental .gear

whichis arranged toaoooperateiwithi acturied'hy thislever fronrthe conveyorit is-manh fest that the lev'er may be mowed fwithout iinparting anyfimovementtetheqcon vej or and therefore one of the dishes carried by the conveyor will be maintained in a position below the butter cutting and severing mechanism, thus the lever andsegment carried by the lever may be operated to actuate the pressure applying mechanism and the butter cutting and severingmechanism independently of the conveyor which will allow a number of v a readily understood"whenread.inconjunction pieces of butter to be placed upon any one of the dishes which is, at thistime positioned below the cutting andsevering-mechanism' hereinbefore reterred to. The severing mechanism employed includesapair of recip rocable elements thefunction thereof being to insure delivery, of a portion of the butteriafter it'has been divided; and severed from the mass."-' o The invention will be explained and more with the accompanying drawingswhich illuse traterone embodiment of which the invention is susceptible, it being obvious. that changes and modifications maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the appended claims forming aparthereof. I

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of adispensing device. constructed according to one-embodiment of the'invention.

Figure 2is a sectional View taken on line 2-2 of'F-igure' 1, showing the portion of the butter container in dotted lines.

Figure 1 looking in the direction ot the ar- The particular tion illustrated in the drawingscontemplates V theuse of a dish container: or hopper 10, a

Figure 3is a section taken online 3 3 of rows. ;f I

i-Flgurett 1s a detailed view of: a

, rig-,5 is a vdetailsectionalview r a portion of the structure with certain'parts in' eleva tion. 1

embodiment a of 1 inven butterjcontainer' generally designated 11 and "the coolingtank;12, in which a cooling me dium for the butter may be confined. A con.- veyor 13 having the dish ireceiving orifices- 14, 15, 16 and 17, is arrangedto rotate'below the hopper or dish container 10, andthe butter container and cooling tank. These orificesor apertures are-conical shaped: as clearly shown in Figureil and will therefore accommodate dishes which varyboth as to their depthand diameters. Y or cv The rotatable conveyor 13 is secured by hub 18 to the bottom of the tank 12 and a supporting plate 19 is assoc ated with the hopper 10,'-the butter container 11 and the coo1ing'tank-12r The entire structure is sup ported by the lcgs20 which are secured to the base 21 and maintainthe containers and other mechanism in spaced relation to the base;

A lever 22 is pivotally connected at 18be 7 low the rotatable conveyor/and is provided Vwitha spring pressed pawl :23 which is de-' signed-to releasably engage one of a'plurality against rotation. e i

The lever mechanlsm 22 includes a segmenclutch em 'ployed in theconstruction. a

of notches 24provided inthe periphery of the conveyor to transmit the motion of the lever to'the conveyor and thereby successively ro-- tate said conveyor to arrange one of the orifice's of the conveyor in cooperative relation,

to the hopper' lO and the butter dividing and cutting mechanism generally designated 25, i when-the c'onveyoris actuated to locate one 1 oflthe dish receiving apertures below the hopper 10 the lowermost dish of the stack of. disheswill enter'the aperture and thuswill upon rotation o f the conveyor remove said I dish"from'thestack;andallow the next or sucj fceeding di h itowbe engaged by the material of the conveyor between the apertures which so a will prevent "another dish fronrb'eing fed i from the stack until' the next aperture is arr- V L ranged below the container thus uponleach actuation: of-the conveyor the dishes are caused to be successively fedfrom the stack.

a plurality ofapertures 26 which as. the con-,

veyor is rotated through the medium or" theac'tuation of thewlever 22 are respectively brought into-engagement with a spring actuated holding mechanism'27, a portion of" which is designed to entercne of the apertures '26 and releasibly hold 7 the conveyor tal toothed portion 30 which cooperates with,

thegear 31 carried-bythevertical shaft 32; a v

A cam 331ha'ving the downwardly projecting pin 3 lv'iscarriedby the shaft. 32 both of;

which cooperate withthe forkedl'endor a 36 with a bell crank lever'ev. V 1 r The free end of theibell crank cooperatively connected with" a' slidable elelever which is pivotally connected as at ment 38-iwhich is parter the butter severing 11 mechanism 3 generally :designated 25. The

lever I 37 i is too gear 31 is-provided with aball clutch 39 which A is provided torpermitthi-s lever imechanism to be movedlin a counter clockwise direction without actuating the shaft-32 and to. cause therotationof said shaft whenthe lever 22 p and the segmental 'toothed portion 30 are moved in a clockwise direction or in other words to a positiontopermitthe pawl 23 I to engage a notchsuchf'as 24 when it is dc-- sired to rotate the conveyor 13 to move a previously filled dish from belowthe butter container and .to extract a dish from the dish container and move it itowards' the butter cutting and severing-mechanism.-

e 2 5 The conveyor 13 is further provided with c a 4:6 the plunger 50.is moved. downwardly' a to the-standards or supports 56"and -5 7 the vided' by the wires 48la-nd 4:79 and asthe con tainer His rotated byjmeans of'the actuation of the arm- 4'3 aportionof the butter so to engage notches ifiiprovided z'at180 apart? from eachother-in the'uppermostrface of the disc 46. Thus: as the -shaft 32 iis rotated'ithe" arm 43: will ha-vezya rotativereciprocable 'm'o-Y tion: imparted toitnwhich is transmitted to I the disc 46; to rwhich is.- secured the butter container at? in wh'ichthe mass or brick of butter torbe cut-is retained; i

- The lowermost endiof ztheycontaineri47 is provided i with? "the transversely" arranged cutting; wires :48 and; 49 which are provided todivide the'butter into equal portionsasit is pressed downwardly by the {plunger 50. Ai'portion'ot the meanswherebythe' plunger 50 is actuated in a: .downwarddirection niIleludes; the: lever 51 fwhich is" carried by and pivotally secured to the rotatable disc 46and includes the pawl 52; which engages the notches 53 on the stem oft'he plunger 50.

' This plunger actuating mechanismis op eratedbysthe cam 54-carriedby the reciprocable' arm 43,- As before stated the disc 41-6 "and; V y the butter container?are.rotatedaquarter turn upon each actuation" of the lever 43' thus the-"actuatingmechanism including the lever 5l will-b'e movedilto a. position in whicltit is engageable by; the cam 54; to cause its depres-o sion, thus-at each 7 complete. turn of the: disc certain predetermined distance forcing the butter downwardly intoengagementwiththe dividingwires 48 and 49; v

The severing mechanism 251 hereinhefore l referred to s arranged d rectlybelow the. w1res48 and49 and includes a butter severlng.

wire 55 the oppositevendsof which are secured wire 55 being-arranged above an openingtfi providedin the bottom ottlie receptacle 1'2 thusit can be seen as the butter is forced downwardly by the plunger 50-it will'bedh divided will' be severedby' the wire55.

It has been t'nin'cltliatthis portion dithebutter' whichvv is severed from the" remainder,

tends to adheretothe cutting wires an'dthere fore a means is providedwhich'is oper'ableto cause the piece otbutter cut from tlie brick to be released from these wiresfsothat'itmay drop through the aperture 58'upoii onset the.

plates carried by. the rotatable conveyor 13 which at' this time is arranged beioiv'tlie" opening 58-in -the bottom of the receptaclelQ. T he means 'for separating the severed but ter from the remainder includes a pair of re 1 silientarms 59 and 60 which are mounted to. reciprocate lengthwise ofthe wire 55'. These resilient members 59 and 60 travel; in closeproximity to the'wire and pass each other as 2 they travel from one end of the wire to the other, this being permitted by virtue of the fact that these members 59 and GO arere silient, and vthus one will passover the other,

as they contact with each otherin their travel from one end of the wire to the other.

Themeansxtor causingothe reciprocation otv these resilient members 59 and 60 includes the cam 33, pin 34, forked.- lever 35;: beil crank lever 37,reciprocable plates 38-and61,

rack 62 pinion 63, and rack 64a 7 t The rack 62 is mounted or carried by the reciprocatingplate 38 which is-provided with a pairof;slottediapertures 65 and 66.

- The'plate 61 is provided with a pair ofsim ilar'aperturesdesignatedltfi'i and 68. These,

plates are mounted upon the underside o'tthie containerlQ-by means'oi' the elements 69 an'd 70. which pass throughsaid slots in said plates. 1 One of these elements such as 70 also carries a pinion 63 which-engages the racks 62;and 64', and causes the reciprocation'ofl the plate 38 to-be transmitted toithe other 3 plate'6l and as the resilient member's59 and 60, are [respectively carried by" the reciprocable piates38" and 61 said members willibei' reciprocatedupon the movem'entof the lever-7 5 mechanismhereinbetore described; :which as before stated is actuated by the camSii-and the pin 34 upon the rotation otzthe shaftz 82;

Ameans isprovided for littingthe dish r fromone of the apertures 1a to '17 oftheiconveyor '13 when the dish reaches a-certain'position in the travel of the conveyor 13. The

means illustrated for accomplishing this feature include's' aresilient element 71 which has one end secured to thebase '21. The opposite ortree end ot'ithis resilient member? 1' is'deri r signed to be held in an inoperative position by-mean's'o'fthat portion of the rotatableconveyor 13ydis'posed' between the" openings 14.

to 17,saidresilienti'element being permitted to move upwardly' into engagement with an edge whichit' may bereadily'removed from themechine."

. To accomplish' the abovei the;downwardly extendingflangesoftheconical: shaped'o'penings 14. to 17 are sl0tted'= as-'indicated at172-a1id. =73 to-permitthe resilient elementil to move into theiaperture and into engagement with v the'dish which is arranged'in the aperture when the aperture-reaches a certain position i in the travel of the conveyorl3,

, From the foregoing description it is evident that an arrangement is'provided whereby"? dishes of various sizes may be successively and'automaticallyfed tothe: conveyort the latter ofwhichis operabletoposition said disk below the dividing and severing mechanism the latterof which is operable, to sever .11.:

the butter after the dish has been. arranged ,bewit..- v It is further evident that the arrangement permits a dish to be arranged below the di- 5 viding and severingmechanism and be res V tained in this position until the desired numlaerhof pieces of butter aredepositedupon the CIS cutting mechanism, whereby each piece of butter which is cut from the mass will be pos-' iti'vely severed therefromand caused to be deposited upon the dish.

It is further manifest that the machine is provided with a means foricausing the dish 'so 'filled to be lifted out of the aperturein which it isconfinedso that it is moreread:

fly accessible to P rson whose duty it is 'aof o erve it. V V

- I- claim and desire to c'over by Letters Patent viding means for supporting adishand being rotatable fromthe container to the severing mechanismfto convey a dish from the con;

tainer'to the severing mechanism and having means for preventing the dlscharge of a dish 7 from the dish container, said severing mechanisminclu'ding a stationary cutting'member and elements which'are movable with respect to saidstationary cutting member to free the butter from said stationary cutting member 40 upon the operation ofsaid first mentioned means; a v

I 2. In a machine ofthe character described,

the combination of a butter dispensing 'mecn.

anism having arotatable butter :containeig'a butter severing'mechanism, a container in .which a plnralityof dishes to be'filled are confined, means for extracting a dish' from the container, said means being rotatable.

from the container to the severing mechanism below the rotatable butter, container to support and convey a dish from the container to the severing mechanism.

the combination of a butter dispensing mech anism having a rotatable butter container, a bnttersevering mechanism, a container in which a plurality of dishes to be filled are confined, means for extractinga dish from the container, said means being rotatable from the container tothe severing mechanism below the; rotatable butter container to support and convey a dish fromthe containerto the severing mechanism, said rotatable butter container and butter sey' eringmechanism being operable upon the rotation of the means It is also nianii est that a means is pro- 10 vided which cooperates wlth the divlding and forsextracting adish from the dish container.

In amachine of the character described, the combination of a butter severing mechanism, a container in whichdishes to be filledr are contained, means movable from the con-- 5. In a machine'ofithe character described, i

tracting a dish from the container, said means being rotatable from the container to l the severing mechanism to convey a dish from the container to the severing mechanism and the combination of a bntter severing mecha) V anism, a container in which a plurality of dishes to be filled areiconfined, means forjex-' having means, movable below'the dish con 't-ainer for; controlling the discharge "of the I dishes from thecont'ainer to said means;

6. Ina machine of the character described thecombinationofa butter severing mecharej contained and means rotatable from the container-t0 the severlngmechanism to convey a dish from the container to the severing charge of the dishes from the'container to said first mentionedmeans, said last mentioned'means being extended'from the means into which adishis deposited to thereby e11 gage and preventthedischargeof a dishfrom the container. r V 7. In a machine of thecharacter described,

the combination of butter severing mechan1 sm,a cont-ainerin whichdishes tobe filled are contained, a conveyor having meansfor extracting ad sh from said container and providing a meansfor conveying a dish from -90, anism a container in lwhichdishestobe' filled 'lco the container to the severing mechanism, said i conveyingmea'ns having means for receiving and conveying'aplurality of'dishes during its movement from the container to the sever-V ing mechanism. if 1 V 7 8. Ina machine of the character described,

nism, a containerin which dishes to .be filled are. contained, a conveyornhaving means for extracting 'adish from said container and providing a-means for conveying a dish from y b' 3. In a machme of the character descmbed, e com 1nat1on of abutter se\ei1ng mecha the container to the severing mechanism, said,

conveying means having means for receiving and conveylng a plurallty of dishes during its movement from the container'to'the severing mechanism and providinga means for controlling the discharge of dishes from the container to said extractingmeans.

9. In a inachine of the'charac'ter described,

nism, a container in which dishesto be filled are contamed, rotatable means having means for extracting a. dish from said container and providing a means for conveying a dish from the container to the severing mechanism, said conveying means having means for receiving and conveying a plurality of dishes during its movement from the mechanism. I

10. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a butter severingmechanism, acontainer in which dishes to be filled are confined, a conveyor provided to convey dishes from the contalner to the severing mechanlsm, said conveyor having means for controlling the feeding of dishes from the container and means for extracting a dish from said conveyor. c

11. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a butter severing mechanism, a container in which dishes to be filled are contained, a conveyor provided with means for removing adish from the container, said conveyor being 'movablefrom the container to the severing mechanism and provldmg a means for convey ng a dish from the container to the severing mechanism and means for extracting a dlsh from saidcon- 'veyor, said last mentioned means being ar-- ranged in the path of movement'of a dish and operable to lift a dish relatively to'said con veyor.

12'. In a machine of the characterdescribed,

the combination of a butter severing mecha-. nism, a container in which dishes to be filled are confined, means movable from the con- 4 tamer to the severmgmechamsm for extract-.1

- an1sm,a conveyor for dlshes andmeans for ing and conveying dishes from the container to the severing mechanism and means operable to permit a plurality of pieces of butter to be discharged'from the severing mechanism to one of thedishes carriedby the conveyor.

tainer and conveying dishes from the con tainer to the severingmechanism and having means preventing the discharge of dishes:

5 from said container, and means whereby the severing mechanism is operable without actuating theconveyor to thereby permit a plurality of pieces of butterto be depositedupon one of the dishes.

145. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a butter container, means container to theseveringt d1v1ded portion. I j

16. In a machine of the character described,

In a machine of the character described,{' the combination of a bntterseveringmecha-- nism, a container in which dishes to be filled scribed, the combination of a butter container,

means for dividing the butter into separate pertlons, means for severing one of the portlons and means reciprocable with respect to said lastmentioned the combination of a butter container, means for-dividing the butter into separate portions,

means for severing one of the portions'and means forfcausing the release of said last mentioned portion from the adjacent divided portion, said means including a pair of recip- ,rocable elements which cooperate With'said severing, means 7 for separating one portion from the remainder.

17; In a machine of the character described, the combination of a butter container, means for dividing thebutterinto separate portions, means for severing one of the portions and reciprocable means operable along said second mentioned means for causing the separation of said last mentionedportion from the adj acent divided portion.

the severing means for causing the release of portion from thead ac'ent 7 18. In a machine of the character described,

the combination of a butter container, means for dividing the butter into separate portions, means for severing one of the portions and r a pair of reciprocable elements operable along said second mentioned means,'ior causing the separation of said last mentioned portion .4: from the adjacent divided portion.

19. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a butter dispensing mech-' actuating thedispensing mechanism and the conveyorwhen'said means is moved in one di- ,FGCtlOIl, said means belng movable 1n the opposite direction'without causing the actuation of the dispensing mechanism or the conveyor.. e V or V 20. Ina'machineof the character described,

' the 'combinationof a butter dispensing mechanism and a conveyorfor dishes, means includlng a clutch for actuating the conveyor and thed spenslng mechanism, said means being operable to cause the actuation of the for dividing the butter into separate portions, M V

stationary means for severing one of the portions and means movable relatively to the severing means for causing theseparating of 

